{"product_id":"9781137601445","title":"Royal Wills in Britain from 1509 to 2008","description":"\u003ch1\u003eRoyal Wills in Britain from 1509 to 2008\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eNash, Michael L.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the first book on Royal Wills since 1780 and aims  to take over where the previous ones (in 1775 and 1780) left off. Therefore  the period 1509 to 2008 is covered. It aims to uncover the many dilemmas and  conundrums they have had to deal with, against a backdrop of Imperial splendor  and political strife, society scandals and in later instances, a  disintegrating infrastructure. This period covers the wills of Henry VIII,  Edward VI and George I, which all sought to divert the accepted rules of  succession; the wills of Queen Charlotte and George III, which brought into  sharp focus the differences between State and Personal property; and the wills  from Prince Albert to the present day (with a few exceptions) which sought to  exclude the public from seeing their contents, in devices known as ‘closing’  and ‘sealing up’ the wills. The authority by which the latter was done has  been seriously questioned in signal cases in 2007 and 2008. Sources drawn upon  include not only theRoyal Archives, but the Kilmorey Papers in the Public  Record Office of Northern Ireland, and the Teck Letters in Wellington College,  where Prince Frank received much of his early education. The sealed will of  Prince Frank of Teck, the brother of Queen Mary and great-uncle of the present  Queen, is the seminal chapter in this study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2017-02-20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781137601445\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/978-1-137-60145-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 217\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44752962617484,"sku":"9781137601445","price":107.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781137601445.jpg?v=1776698115","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781137601445","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}